The Senator Ahmed Makarfi led People’s Democratic Party has distanced itself from the Ekiti state Governor Ayo Fayose’s 2019 Presidential ambition stating categorically that he is wasting his time.
According to the party, all its members were aware of the zoning formula it adopted the party’s flag bearer for the 2019 presidential election will come from the North, while the position of the national chairman has been zoned to the South.
This came as a response to Fayose’s letters to some leaders of the party informing them of his decision to run for the Presidency on the platform of the PDP.
Fayose who is the current chairman of PDP Governors in the signed under the banner of Ayo Fayose Presidential Campaign Organization, had picked Thursday 27 September for the official declaration of his presidential ambition.
The governor in the letter said “My dear leader, it is with deep sense of responsibility that I write to inform you of my intention to seek the ticket/mandate of our party to contest the 2019 presidential election, considering your support and commitment towards our great party, the People’s Democratic Party, it becomes imperative to keep you informed and seek your support.
This ambition is however without prejudice to our party’s position, but in the overall interest of the party and our country.
I urge that all hands should be on deck to ensure victory in our quest to return to the Presidential Villa, Abuja in 2019.”
Meanwhile the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has called on Fayose to respect the decisions taken by the party on zoning.
Speaking to newsmen on the issue Adeyeye, said “The highest organ of the party, which is the national convention, zoned the presidential ticket of the PDP to the North. That has not changed. The same national convention zoned the position of the national chairman to the South. The convention has yet to change any of these two.
The governor is a member of the party and was at the convention where these decisions were taken. As a leader of the party, one expected the governor to respect the party and its decisions. If someone in such an office is breaking the decisions of the party, what do you expect from person of his status?“
